Want to make a giant guitar? You'll need two extra large plastic water tanks, a bunch of old 5-gallon buckets, some rope, and a wooden frame to hold it all together. At least that's how architect <a href="http://www.samplert.com/" target="_blank">Marcelo Ertorteguy</a> and Sara Valente made their giant musical instrument for the <a href="http://www.zooart.it/" target="_blank">Zooart Festival</a> in Cuneo, Italy back in July. <a href="http://stereotank.carbonmade.com/" target="_blank">StereoTANK</a> is a temporary installation and inhabitable musical instrument played by plucking the taut strings and amplified by the two tanks on either end. The vibrations also triggered <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/led-lights">LED lights</a> to illuminate, adding a visual component to the sonic experience.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

A group of boys playing with the StereoTANK at the ZOOart Festival.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

Buckets were mounted inside the tanks and rope was strung between the two sides.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

At night, as visitors played the instrument, the inside lit up.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

In total 8 notes were created to act as an octave and to be able to play songs.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

As both children and adults alike plucked the instrument, LED lights came on to enhance the experience visually.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

The tanks acted as resonators to amplify the sound.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

Visitors to the festival could step up to the instrument and pluck the ropes to make sounds and even songs.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

At the end of the festival, the goal was to dismantle and reuse the giant instrument's parts so as not to waste the materials.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

The tanks are slated to be used as watering troughs for animals, while the wooden frame, buckets and rope will be used to create an outdoor garden.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

Ertorteguy and Valente bought two old extra large water tanks.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

They cut the tops off to serve as the sides of the instrument.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

Then they built a wooden frame to hold the tanks on their sides.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

They used recycled shipping pallets to serve as platforms leading up to the instrument.

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Stereotank-Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente

Want to make a giant guitar? You'll need two extra large plastic water tanks, a bunch of old 5-gallon buckets, some rope, and a wooden frame to hold it all together. At least that's how architect Marcelo Ertorteguy and Sara Valente made their giant musical instrument for the Zooart Festival in Cuneo, Italy back in July. StereoTANK is a temporary installation and inhabitable musical instrument played by plucking the taut strings and amplified by the two tanks on either end. The vibrations also triggered LED lights to illuminate, adding a visual component to the sonic experience.